Very conservative Rod Dreher, the Crunch Con[servative] writes.
Somehow, this doesn’t inspire confidence. As K-Lo puts it, it looks like Palin “went back to the principal’s office with her dad.”:
The video is a must see: Palin and high-stakes hand-holding – Crunchy Con
Archive for September, 2008
Sarah and her dad in the principle’s office
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Palin’s religion misunderstood
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Andy Barr at Politico:
An unusual video showing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, being blessed by a Kenyan bishop against witchcraft has rattled liberal bloggers and fueled scorn among her detractors, but religious experts say the matter has been blown out of proportion by ignorance and intolerance.
The 2004 video, which began [...]
Two local churches align with deposed Episcopal bishop of Pittsburgh
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Frances Borsodi Zajac, Herald-Standard, reports:
Two Fayette County churches are uniting themselves with their recently deposed Bishop Robert Duncan of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.
Full story: The Herald Standard – Local churches align with deposed bishop
Diocese of Virginia and the Episcopal Church settle property disputes with two congregations
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Episcopal News Service via Anglican Journal:
The Episcopal diocese of Virginia and the Episcopal Church have reached a legal settlement with Potomac Falls Church in Potomac Falls and Christ the Redeemer Church in Chantilly.
Under the settlement, which includes the Episcopal Church, the two congregations will make a payment (the amount of which was not disclosed) [...]
Snarky comment of the day on Sarah Palin doing interviews
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A comment on Jonathan Martin’s Blog at Politico:
I don’t understand why Palin isn’t doing more interviews in America. In her hourlong appearance on Canadian TV, she engaged in a trenchant critique of Samuel Huntington’s clash-of-civilizations theory, identifying the western Balkans and central Asia as but two significant outliers. She acknowledged Syrian secret service involvement in [...]
Canadian Anglican parish splits from Huron diocese
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Chris Thompson, Windsor Star
The contentious issue of same-sex marriage is at the heart of a move by a Windsor Anglican church to break away from the local diocese and join a more conservative South American wing, the acting bishop of the diocese says.
On Sunday, 109 votes were unanimously cast at St. Aidan’s parish on Wyandotte [...]
The Crisis in Congress: a much deeper and more fundamental problem
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Scherer in TIME: The Bailout Defeat: A Political Credibility Crisis
Nearly every major political leader in America supported the $700 billion financial bailout bill. The President of the United States. The Vice President. The Treasury Secretary. The Chairman of the Federal Reserve. The Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Democratic and Republican [...]
Fear NOT!
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Rev. Peter M. Carey, an Episcopal priest, at Santos Woodcarving Popsicles in article, “Politics of Fear…”
I often wonder if we had been better served in these last years by a president who might have embraced something other than the politics of fear. Further, for this president who claims to be such an evangelical, [...]
The Jewish Vote, The Atheist Vote, the Soccer Mom Vote
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nate Silver has an interesting perspective on the Jewish vote in The New Republic. The article is called “Mis-Schlep.”
All this fuss seems to be misdirected. It is not as though Jewish voters make up an especially large share of the electorate. Just five percent of voters were Jewish in the 2004 elections in Florida, and [...]
Churches welcome back lapsed Christians
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Anne Thomas in Christian Today
Churches across the UK welcomed thousands of lapsed Christians back to church on Sunday.
Back to Church Sunday, now in its fourth year, saw churches hand out thousands of no strings attached invites people in their local communities over the last few weeks. The Church of England hoped that as many [...]
The brave Bishop Soto
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rod Dreher, the Crunchy Con likes the bishop:
Bill Cork brings us a real Daniel-in-the-lion’s-den story about a Catholic bishop acting like a Catholic bishop should. The occasion was the annual meeting of the National Catholic Diocesan Lesbian and Gay Ministries, an organization whose existence is, shall we say, at cross-purposes with Catholic teaching on sexuality. [...]
Endorsing from the Pulpit: Challenging the IRS
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Adelle M. Banks in Christianity Today’s blog space:
Pastor Gus Booth remembers when he used to simply encourage his congregation of 150 in Warroad, Minn., to vote each Election Day. Now, he thinks it’s important to tell them which candidate should get their vote.
On Sunday, as part of the “Pulpit Initiative” organized by an Arizona-based [...]
India’s Christians Rally for Peace
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Timothy C. Morgan in Christianity Today
Yesterday, top leaders from India’s vibrant Christian community in greater Chicago held a press conference to announce that this Sunday they will hold a peace rally in support of the persecuted Christians from India’s violence-stricken state of Orissa.
In the November 2008 edition of Christianity Today, we will have both a [...]
Evangelicals: Greed overshadowing promises to poor
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Christian Today:
Key evangelical Christian leaders have strongly endorsed the statements from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York by condemning what they term “the immorality of our greed fuelled economy”.
The leaders spoke out after the Archbishop of Canterbury criticised the greed and lack of regulation that have led to the current global financial crisis, whilst the [...]
Reformers want end to ban on Catholic monarchs
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jennifer Gold in Christian Today:
Politicians and constitutional experts threw their weight behind proposals sent to Downing Street this week to end a 300-year-old ban on Catholic monarchs.
Labour backbencher Chris Bryant’s proposals call for a repeal of the 1701 Act of Settlement preventing Catholics from succeeding to the throne and laws giving males precedence over [...]
Paul Newman
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Robert Stein at Connecting.the.Dots:
He was as American as you can get. The actor who died today was an icon, but the man was even more–someone who loved his country, not in an abstract or flag-waving way, but as a patriot who opposed bad wars and gave millions to people in pain.
In 1968, our paths crossed [...]
Washington Post’s Palin Pentecostal Cartoon | Kevin Tracy
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This Pat Oliphant cartoon in the Washington Post has upset many people, in particular Pentecostals. Is it over the line?
See Washington Post’s Palin Pentecostal Cartoon | Kevin Tracy
Are Mormons Christian?
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Paulson in the Boston Globe’s web space:
Catholics and Protestants have long taken a dim view of various aspects of Mormon theology, but the candidacy of Mitt Romney for president brought to the fore (again) the deep suspicion with which some traditional Christians view the Mormon faith. (Mormons have sometimes taken a similarly [...]
Mathematics and faith explain altruism
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rich Barlow in The Boston Globe:
The work of the Harvard mathematician and biologist Martin Nowak, who is a Catholic, proposes a partnership between science and religion.
If evolution is all about survival of the fittest, then why have humans evolved a sense of altruism and cooperation? The seeming contradiction has engaged theologians, scientists, and even [...]
Daily Kos: Akinola Anglican U.S. Leader Joins the Religious Right
Posted in Noted with Interest on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Frederick Clarkson at Daily Kos:
In the minds of many observers, the schismatic former Episcopalians aligned with the Institute on Religion and Democracy had not really migrated into the Religious Right. The Religious Right was more the territory of fiery Southern Baptists and apocalyptic Pentecostals than starchy Episcopalians.
But times do change. (emphasis mine)
Chunks of the [...]
